The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson
Advertiser published bi-weekly in Wellington from 2 August 1842
and continued for one year only until the 3 August 1843. Publication
stopped due to poor sales combined with a fire in its Lambton Quay office.

Spelling as found. The newspaper images
can be found on the wonderful NZ National Library Papers
Past website.

The arrival of the New Year was greeted with the usual salute of cannon,
musketry, &c., and the bells of the ships in harbour added their din to
the general noise.

At ten minutes before seven o'clock on Sunday morning, a rather severe
shock of an earthquake was felt, and again about eleven o'clock at night.

We, the undersigned, passengers on board the Ship Bombay,
beg to express our approval of James Moore, its commander. As a seaman, we
feel in him the greatest confidence; for his gentlemanly conduct, and his
high character of integrity and kindness, we hold him in the greatest
esteem. The Surgeon Superintendent, Samuel Hodgkinson, Esq., and the Chief
Mate, also deserve our best thanks. Signed
Francis Brady
Harry Hughlings
Thomas Parkinson
Richard Ridings
George Binns
Elizabeth Eames
Robert Eames

Friday 6th January 1843

For Wanganui
The schooner Imp, on here arrival from the above port, will return in four or five days.
For freight or passage
Apply to
Johnson & Moore agents
Lambton Quay Jan 5, 1843

For Sydney Direct
The Barque Bright Planet
John Morrison, Master. For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board or to
C M Evans, December 20 1142

Loss of the Ulysses. On the night of Thursday, the 28th of July, the
Ulysses was found to be making water fast: Captain Lakeman was unable to make land. The leak appeared aft. The Captain and the crew, nine in number, got the boat out. This
hardy boat crew were without the slightest means of subsistence, and remained for four days and nights
without food and water in a small open boat until they arrived at Ajaccio. In about half an hour after the Captain and his crew left
the Ulysses, she was seen to heel over on her beam ends and go down immediately in lat. 42. 50, long. 6.20

Her Majesty's Visit to ScotlandRoyal George, yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence towed out of Portsmouth harbour by
the Echo steamer.Nautilus and Emerald, two tendersPique, 36, the Hon. Captain Stopford, escort to ScotlandCastor, frigate, under the command of Lord John HayMatrimony, vessel belonging to the Iron Steam Packet Company

Royal Albert, 120 gun ship, keel laid at Woolwich dockyard, August 26 1842. Same slip that the Trafalgar, was launched last year. Miss Collier, daughter of Captain Sir Francis A. Collier,
K.C.B. and K.H., superintendent of the dockyard, taking the hammer and striking
the keel on its being placed in its proper position by the shipwrights. The stem was then raised by shears and pulleys into its proper place, and, on being secured, the Royal Marine band played
"Rule Britannia."and
the band played "God save the Queen"This magnificent vessel is from a design by Mr Oliver Lang, master shipwright at
the Woolwich dockyard. She will be considerably larger than the
Trafalgar, and be if 673 tons greater burden:-

Dimensions of the Trafalgar

Feet

Inches

Length on the gun deck

205

5�

Breadth extreme

55

7�

Depth of hold

23

2

Burden

2,721

Dimensions of the Royal Albert

Feet

Inches

Length on the gun deck

220

Breadth extreme

60

10

Depth of hold

25

Burden

2,721

Liverpool, August 24 - The Great Western steamer Capt. Hoskin, arrived in the Mersey at two o'clock this day, after an excellent voyage of 13 days from New York. She has upwards of sixty passengers.

The transmission of the West India Mails twice a month has concluded. Twelve
10-gun brigs are now fitting out with all expedition at Plymouth, as packets for the
purpose of conveying the Madeira, Jamaica (and all the West India Islands), Panama, New
Orleans, British Guiana, Surinam, and Mexico mails, which will be made up at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the 1st and 15th of every month, and forwarded via Falmouth.
The average time of the voyage from and to Falmouth and the West India Islands, Mexico, &c. is computed at 57 days. The Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres mails, will be
also conveyed by Her Majesty's brigs Linnet, Penguin, Swift, Crane, Express, Petrel and
Ranger, on the first Tuesday of the month. The time from and to Falmouth is on average 140 days....

Married
On the 5th instant, by the Rev. Mr Cole, David Stark, son of Charles Durie, Esq., late British and Hanoverian Consul-General at
Christiania, Norway, to Penelope, only daughter of James Walker, Esq., Dundee.

At Park Cottage, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. J. Aldred, William Lyon, Esq., merchant Wellington, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr William Bar,
Hamilton, Scotland.

Hints to New Settlers on Arrival at Port Nicholson...

News from Auckland
The whole of the emigrants from England, including the Parkhurst
boys, had found employment from private
individuals. Many families had settled in the country. Money was not very plentiful.

The Emigrants from the Clyde at New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand, November 12, 1842
These wanderers from the West of Scotland, the first swarm direct from the Parent hive that have been cast upon this shore.
The vessels arrived in Auckland on Sunday, the 9th ultimo - the barque Jane Gifford
having left the Clyde on the 18th June, and the ship Duchess of
Argyle, about ten days before. The passengers by both vessels arrived in excellent
health. Those by the Jane Gifford speak in warm terms of the kindness of their medical adviser, and others in charge over them - those by
the Duchess of Argyle speak in the same manner of their temporary rulers, with the exception of
their medical man. The weather unfortunately happened to be boisterous on the day of their arrival.... Upon landing they wee huddled into small "Raupo" hovels beyond the bounds of
the town; Government had no other places for them, save these miserable huts.
Scarcely were themselves and luggage ashore, when they were set to work upon
the streets of Auckland in the same way as the convicts are in Sydney and
Parramatta; The pittance allowed them by the local Government does not much exceed that so humanely granted by his
Excellency Sir George Gipps to the better behaved men of the chain and other gangs in the principal convict establishments in New South Wales. The men with families have fifteen shillings, and single men ten shillings per week. Such of them that make an offer to leave
the Government lodgings, cannot procure any sort of house under, say seven shillings per week. Provisions they cannot have at less than one
shilling for the four pound loaf, five shillings per pound tea; six-pence
per pound for course moist sugar; and six-pence per pound for butcher meat. Pork is the only kind of animal
of to be had in this part of the colony yet. Fresh and vegetables are not often to be had at such rates as those people can afford. Fortunately,
potatoes form an exception to the general rule during the greater part of the year.
Fire-wood is always scare in Auckland, and consequently high in price; the only fuel poor people can procure, in the present state of matters, is a kind of
small stunted shrub, which grows in the vicinity of the town, and is commonly termed "tee-tree" - a kind of bush not unlike the tall heather in some parts of Scotland.
There is more than abundance of very valuable descriptions of timber in the district; it is
the expense of getting it into town that causes the enormous price.
The people of Scotland have been immediately succeeded by a company of London thieves, recently imported in the barque
St. George - 92 in number - all young scamps, and daily coming in contact, more or less, with the sons and daughters of
the immigrants. These promising youths have already supplanted all the free labourers in the survey and other public departments.
No provision whatever, so far as is known, has been made at home for
the moral welfare of the Presbyterians of Auckland. It is known that there is a
Presbyterian Clergyman at Port Nicholson, distant about 600 miles from Auckland; but what is that to us?
During the last six months the better class of mechanics and labourers have been leaving this district for other
localities in the Colony itself, as also for the neighbouring Colonies.
There are thousands and tens of thousands of acres of excellent land. The working
agriculturist cannot obtain any of it, and the speculators allow their farms to lie
uncultivated from want of means - having run themselves out of cash. And no wonder - paying at the rate of 700l. per acre at the first sale of
the town allotments in this wildness - 20s. per day to the carpenter to build a wooden
house - 25s. to the labourer to dig its foundation and a proportionally extravagant amount to
the storekeeper and others for materials. Several highly respectable agriculturists from Roxburghshire in Scotland, who arrived in
the Tuscan, that they left by her again for Port Phillip, without even taking their luggage ashore....

Tuesday 17 January 1843

Arrived
January 13 - Schooner New Zealander, 27, Guard, from Cloudy Bay. Passengers - Mr Murphy and two constables.
Mr Murphy brought over a white man, who is suspected of the murder of the Maori
woman and child.
Same day - Ketch Clown, 104, Thompson, from Auckland
January 16 - Cutter Royal William, 10, Lovett, from the Chathams
Same day - Cutter Pickwick, 33, Axton, from Poverty Bay

For sale. Yarmouth built brigantine, Lowestoft, 114 tons register, coppered and copper-fastened, well found in every respect, with stores. Has handsome cabin accommodations.

Account of the disturbance between the Matetu and the Tauranga
natives by Mr William Spain. Embarked from Auckland, Yuesday, 29th November, 1842, onboard Her Majesty's Colonial Brig
Victoria:- Willoughby SHortland, Esq., the Officer administering the Government of New Zealand, Mrs SHortland, Wm. Spain, Esq., Capt. Best, 80th regiment, Messrs Freeman, Leech, Wdward Shortland, George Clark jun., William Cooper, John Johnson, Edward Meurant, native chief Poepoe, and several of his tribe.

Nov. 30th - Arrival at the Great Barrier Island at 4 0'clock a.m., and anchored in the harbour; went on board Her Majesty's store-ship
Tortoise, which we found moored there, waiting for spars for the British Navy. Her commander, Mr Wood, was absent in the bush with the greater part of her crew. Mr Bowen, the master's mate, lent us a fine six-oared gig, and
accompanied Mr Shortland, Captain Best, and myself, in her to the copper mine, where we found Mr Kinghorne (the manager), Mr Taylor, Mr Chambers, and about
twelve men at work. They were living in tents, but had commenced building a wooden house and store... On our return we rowed into a very spacious cavern with a
magnificent vaulted roof. The cave was about 50 feet in length, with deep clear water, and we rowed to the very end of it, and it was wide enough to turn the boat around, which we did, and came
out. On returning to the harbour, I landed, dined, and slept at Captain Nagle's. I was very pleased with the scenery of this harbour, the view from the house was very beautiful.
December 1st - The Victoria got under weigh about 4 o'clock in the morning, and was towed partly out of the harbour, but owing to the wind being very light, she let go her anchor. About 8 a.m. she again got under weigh, and Mr
Shorthand having ordered two guns to be fired, I went on board; a boat from the
Tortosie helped to tow us out of the harbour. Light winds all day - sighted Courier Island.
December 2d - Light winds. Saw the "Alderman." A fresh breeze sprung up in the
afternoon which brought us abreast of the mayor Island; sighted a small schooner full of Maories standing towards the Mercury Islands.
December 3d - Anchored under the north head of Tauranga harbour, called Maunganui, or Great Mountain, at 8 o'clock a.m. Shortly after we came to anchor, we were visited by the Rev. Messrs. Brown and Kissling, from the Church Missionary station, who invited
the Governor and his lady on shore. A large canoe full of natives from the
Otumaitai Pah came alongside, and also a large boat apparently European build, manned by natives from the same Pah, and we soon found that this boat had been taken from two white men. About a fortnight since, two Europeans and some Maketu natives came from Maketu in this boat, bound for
Auckland, and put into Katikati, and were afterwards detected by Tauranga natives
stealing potatoes and kumeras from their tapu'd ground, and in consequence of
which, they seized the boat and cargo (consisting of pigs and blankets) as payment for the theft and trespass, and brought her to Tauranga. About this time James Farrow, a European, of Tauranga, bound to the north with a cargo of live pigs, was obliged to put
into Katikati on account of bad weather, and met with two Maketu natives, they applied to Farrow
to give them a passage in his boat to Maketu, but he told them that they might accompany him to where he was bound, Tauroa, and on his return he would get them forwarded to Maketu. They consented to this arrangement, and went on board with him, and he fed and clothed them.
The boat was moored near shore, with a rope from the stern attached to it, so that persons on board could land at any time, and one morning Farrow and the two Maketu natives went on shore to look at the weather from a high point of land, the former leaving his own native boy on board, with orders to look after the boat during his
absence. On their return, the two natives ran down before Farrow, jumped into the boat, cut the stern-rope attached to the shore, hauled up the anchor, and put to sea. Mr Farrow's native boy jumped into the water and got ashore, from fear of being tomahawked, and told him when Mr Farrow gave them back their boy (alluding to a twelve year old Maketu tribe boy who had runaway into the bush through fear when the first European
boat was sized) they would return his boat. They sailed for Maketu having taken twenty or thirty of their tribe on board, returned in Farrow's boat in two or three days afterwards to Mayor Island, which is inhabited by a part of
the Tauranga natives, called the Ngaiterangi tribe, and some of them dressed themselves in European clothes, the natives on shore being ignorant of what happened, pulled off in a canoe to the
boat (with which they were well acquainted) expecting to find Farrow on board. The Maketu natives fired into the canoe, when she was upset, and ultimately killed five of her crew, and took two lads prisoners with them to Maketu. They also took five dead bodies with them, part of which they eat, sending the remainder to Rotorua, which is the head station of their tribe, for a feast at that place....

On Wednesday, the schooner Maori, belonging to Richard Davis, the Native Missionary, landed about a ton of flax that had been prepared by the natives of Petoni, at the Stores of Messrs Waitt and
Tyser.

The Government, to devote the sum of �1,500 for the purpose of erecting a
gaol for the district of Wellington. The site of the proposed gaol is, we believe, to be Mount Cook.

An account of the distribution of the Immigrant Passengers by the Duchess of
Argyle, Jane Gifford, and the apprentices, &c., by the St.
George:-
The sawyers quickly found engagements on the neighbouring coast and rivers; the carpenters have had no difficulty in finding work at about 6s per day; shoemakers, tailors and bakers have found good employment. Good farm
servants have been engaged at about 20l. per annum and full rations - most of these are near
Auckland, a few have gone to the Bay of Island, and there is room for many more. The female domestic servants, and semptresses, all met with good engagements in town and neighbourhood immediately, except a few who were bespoken for service at the Bay of Islands. ...

Tahiti and Marquesas Islands
The schooner Sarah Anne, from Tahiti, has brought news. The following
proclamation issued by Queen Pomare and Rear Admiral Du Petit Thouars, of the French frigate
La Reine Blanche..

Trail of the Montezuma steam frigate. 1,100 tons, draws no more than nine feet when fully equipped, built to carry two swivel guns, 68 pounders, on the
upper decks, constructed at Messrs. Wigram and Green, at Blackwell, and her engines 300 hp
similar to Her Majesty's steam frigates Driver, Gorgon and Styx,...

Burning of the ships Vansittart, 1,800 tons, and Conwallis, East Indiamen, took place June last, in Bombay harbour... The war steamer
Semiramis came to assist......

Wellington Anniversary Fete...Sailing Match - The boat called Happy Jack built by Mr Geo. Allen, of this place, came in first, and Mr Houghton's
City of London, second, and the Fidele, third.
Horse races
List of Gentlemen presented to His Excellency

The Cape of Good Hope Shipping List reports the loss of the ship Abercrombie, Robinson, 1,415 tons, in Table
Bay, on
Sunday, August 28th 1842. She arrived there on the 25th, having on board the head quarters of the 91st
and a detachment
of the 28th regiments, in all about 500 souls. The soldiers and crew were landed
safety. On the same day the Waterloo, prison ship, 414 tons, bound for Hobart Town, with 219 convicts, and a detachment of
the 98th regiment, in all, 300 men, was literally dashed to atoms, loss of life being 143 convicts, 4 women, 14
children, 15 soldiers, and 13 seaman...

By the Royal Mail Company's steamer Dee we have received intelligence of the loss of
the total loss of the Company's steamer Medina, Commander Burney, on the morning of
the 12th May, she having struck on a reef of rocks whilst entering Turk's Island, on her outward route. The crew and passengers were saved...

The Penelope frigate, 46 guns, was taken into dock, when several shipwrights commenced the operation of cutting the
frigate in halves, for the purpose of converting it into a steam ship..

Steam Navigation on the Thames. There are now 16 steam vessels running daily between Gravesend and London, the same number to Woolrich; 26 to Greenwich...
Her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent at Portsmouth arrived at
the marshes

Friday 27 January 1843

Arrived
Jan. 24 - Barque Brougham, 227 tons, Robertson, from
Valparaiso and Talcahuano, after a prosperous voyage with a quantity of Alfalfa seed, a portion for the Wellington Horticultural
Society and flour and other articles of consumption for this place.
Passenger - Mr R. Stokes.
January 25 - Schooner Ocean, 30 tons, Ferguson, from Nelson

The New Zealand Company History
The New Zealand Company offered for sale in London, 100,000 acres of land in New Zealand, and found persons willing to invest
�100,000 of money in their purchase. Up to this time, we believe that the expenditure of the Company had been about
�15,000, incurred chiefly in the purchase and outfit of the Troy, and the outfit of
the Cuba. This was in July 1839, and in the autumn of that year was witnessed the singular spectacle of a fleet of ships,
laden with emigrants of all classes, sailing from the shores of England towards an unknown destination- uncertain not merely of
the spot fated to be their future resting place, but even whether any such
spot could be found. Owing to the almost unprecedentedly rapid passage of the
Troy, and to the circumstance of Col. Wakefield having been able to avail himself of
the services of Mr Barrett, the harbour and district of Port Nicholson, which in England had always been regarded as the most suitable site for the proposed settlement, were secured for the
Company, and that here the settlers were established....

From the Nelson Examiner
The Royal Mail has put in for surgical assistance, the captain having an eye blown out, and both arms
severely fractured. Three of the crew are more or less blind.

We regret to have to announce the loss of the Clifford, another of
the vessels which brought us emigrants last year. The following furnishes the particulars being the
Isabella's left on Booby Island, dated 21st.

"Sailed from Sydney, July 27th. Saw the Clifford on a reef, Sir Charles Hardy's West Island, N. and by E.
� E., 3 � miles; Haggerstone's Island bearing SW. and by W � W., distant about nine miles. Twelve of
the Clifford's men on board the Tomatin; Captain Sharp, the doctor, passengers, and the remaining men, on board the
Isabella."
The schooner Minvera, of Launceston, has been wrecked at
Waipiro; the brig Porter, of Sydney, in Torres' Straits; and the
Christiana barque on the West London Shoal, on her voyage from Calcutta to
China.

By the Brougham we learn that the Jane Goudie, which sailed from this port, arrived at Valparaiso November 8th, and intended to proceed to England; the
Earl of Durham, Captain Cabell, arrived there November 12th from Sydney after a quick passage. There was a strong Naval French force in the harbour consisting of
the Thetis, a 50 gun frigate, La Reine Blanche of 50
guns, with Admiral de Thouar's flag; this vessel had just returned from Tahite which
the French had taken under their protection and the Triomphante corvette of 22 guns. The
Triomphante sailed for Tahiti on the 12th November.

"Whose march is on the mountain waves,
Whose home is on the deep"

Wrecks
The Geelong Advertiser
The tremendous gales last week made sad havoc amongst our colonial traders. On Friday the Jane and
Emma, bound for Portland Bay, lost her bowsprit and all her sails, and was compelled to put back to refit. The
Fox from Launceston to Port Fairy with cattle for Mr Cox, lost her foremast, main-top-gallant-mast, jib-boom, and sails, in a white squall' Captain Irving was struck down and remained insensible some time.
The Sally Ann, from Portland, bring s news of the arrival there of
the Will Watch which was in company with the Fox at the
time of her wreck. Total wreck of the Dusty Miller, Saunders, on her passage to Adelaide, at
Port Fairy; all saved except Captain Jenkins, late of the Sir John Franklin and Paul
Pry, who was swept off the deck; the cargo was valued at 1,2oo, not insured; vessel insured for
�1,000 in Dunn's Company at Launceston.
The Essington passed the Fox the night of her accident and has not since been heard of. Mr John Cox and family were on board.
Total wreck of the schooner Truganina, Captain Griffiths, bound from this port to Hobart Town, on Saturday night last, in Lady Bay. The Captain was compelled though stress of wether to beat up for Lady Bay, and in
the dark ran upon the rocks and the vessel immediately went to pieces. The crew and passengers reached shore in safety. Captain Griffiths despatched some of
the crew to Melbourne for assistance and provisions, the Seahorse
fell in with the boat outside the heads, took the crew on board and towed the boat into Hobson's Bay.

Disasters to Shipping in the Chinese Seas.Intelligence from Singapore
On the morning of Thursday the 6th October, the Belvidere, Capt. Stephenson, from Bombay to
China, in the harbour of Singapore, took fire, and continued burning that day, and for two days after, till the whole body of
the ship was consumed, the coppers only holding together; and what of her timbers remained being reduced to charcoal. Nearly the whole of her cargo of cotton, opium, and sandal wood, was consumed.
The Clifford from this port to Bombay, was totally wrecked on a
coral reef inside the Barrier in Torres Straits, on the 16th August last. Fortunately no lives
were lost, the Isabella being on company. The H.C. steamer Ariadne struck on a rock in the Yang-tse-Kiang, and was expected to founder but she was towed to
Chusan by the Sesostris, and hauled up on a dry bank. She there slipped her cable, and went down in eleven fathoms water. The crew with difficultly saved their lives.
The Christina, left Macao on the 8th July at 12
� midnight she struck on the west London shoal as nearly as can be estimated
about lat. 8' 30" N. long. 112 E. Eighteen lives were lost, and 25 saved in a boat which landed at one of
the Philippine Islands after being 8 days at sea.
The Mavis, on her way from the West Coast of
China, with about 20,000 dollars in specie, but no cargo. She was struck buy lightning immediately abaft
the mainmast, and instantly blew up, the electric fluid having passed through
the magazine. The gunner, from whom the information is derived, was in the chains at the moment of
this catastrophe, from whence he was thrown back into the vessel, her decks having
been torn up. On her going own, which she did immediately, he found himself in the water with about 15 lascars who had escaped, from having
been out on the jib-boom at the time. One of the boats was luckily floating near them, and in her they reached
the British Sovereign then standing southward.
The Ann, Macalpine, which left Canton, with a cargo of teas for London, on the 27th May, struck on a
coral reef (not laid down un the chart) to the westward of the port of Samboangan in
the Brazilian Straits, (the Island of Santa Cruz bearing E.N.E. about 5 miles) on
the evening of the 15th June, and remained on it till the next morning, when she got off, and carried into Samboangan.

Our Singapore files extend to the 29th.
The Isabella, Captain Sinclair from this port had arrived. The
passengers are Mrs Captain Benson, Lieut. Loughman, Messrs Sheplre, Baker and Primrose, Captain Sharp and son; the doctor, first officer, and ten of
the crew of the Lady Clifford.

page 4 water serpent in the river Mississippi, shot and captured.

For Sale. Land in Robinson's Bay, commonly called Okiwi, Port Nicholson, as presently possesses by William Deans, with houses, crops, &c....

Commodore Lavaud has returned to France and his place is filled by Captain B�rard
of Le Rhin a member of the French Institute and a distinguished
and scientific officer. Captain B�rard was previously in command of the
Uranie, one of the finest frigates in the French navy, which he gave up to take charge of
the interests of France in this Colony.

It is rumored that Captain B�rard, during his stay at Akaroa, which will probably last two years, intends to occupy himself in construction of roads and quays, and convenient watering places for vessels in the harbour. One of his officers has already marked out a road from Akaroa to Pignau Bay, and some of the others are at present engaged in laying out a line which may open another district. He has brought out sixty sheep, with some rams of an improved breed, and some cattle, and every description of poultry; and a good musical band.

A Bremen whaler has landed eight German emigrants at Otago, who have arrived at Akaroa, and are now about proceeding to Cloudy Bay, and thence overland to Nelson.

Summary of the shipping and tonnage which has entered our port during the month of January.

January

Number

Tons

1840

3

1753

1841

14

2322

1842

22

2868

1843

26

3715

Our shipping still goes on steadily increasing. Every month shows a greater number of arrivals, which proves how our harbour is becoming known, and extent of our commerce. Four of the arrivals were from England, bringing passengers and merchandise; two from neighbouring colonies; two from
Valparaiso; and the remaining nineteen coastwise. A cargo of flour has been imported direct from the market, five hundred and eighty sheep, twenty-five horses, one mule, twelve goats, three hundred and ninety-nine pigs, twenty-six pair of fowls, a quantity of maize, pork, bacon, potatoes, &c. and a large amount of merchandise.
Quantities of pigs are also constantly being driven into town from Manawatu and other places, and coast and interior is being explored in every direction by countrymen, for the purpose of bartering with the Maories. (from the Gazette)

Progress and Disasters of Steam Navigation and the annual amount of accidents that have
occurred from 1817 to 1838.
In 1817 there were fourteen steam vessels running; one took fire and was burnt; the boilers of another exploded; nine persons perished in this year
1818 - 19 steamers; no accident
1819 - 24 steamers; no accident.....
1838 - 766 steamers; five wrecked; two collisions; six explosions; 132 lives lost

The Thomas Sparks in getting under weigh on Friday morning, ran foul of
the Glenarm which caused considerable damage to both vessels. The figure head of the former was
also carried away.

The Government Brig Victoria, on leaving the harbour at Nelson, got aground at
the point, but was got off the following morning without having received any damage.

The higher rate of wages in Colonial craft, and chances of employment in various works connected with shipping, or, as is the case here and in
the Australian Colonies, in the whale fishery, offer temptation to sailors, of which they are always ready to avail themselves. Many perhaps ship in London with
the purpose of deserting- many, who had no intention, are tempted on their arrival in
the Colony by the offers made to them or the pictures which will be drawn of the opportunities of getting forward afforded by the place. And if it happens that any of them should be sent to a
gaol like that at
Wellington, where there is neither classification nor separation among the prisoners, it is tolerably
certain that then they will all leave prison with a fixed determination never to go to sea again in their old ship.
The only remedy that can be applied, is by a local act, making the penalties more severe, establishing a
more efficient system of water police, and compelling a sailor to return on board of his vessel unless some valid ground of refusal be shown.

Vessels on the berth for New Zealand
From London -Union, 400 tons, for the Bay of Islands and Auckland, to sail October 11Westminster, 610 tons, for AucklandTyne, 550 tons, for Wellington and Bay of Islands (daily expected to arrive)

Charles Lee.
London, September 21, 1843
The approaching departure of three ships for Valparaiso induces us to say a few words to those of our present circumstances, think they may better their condition by changing from one place to another. Those
desirous of going to Sydney, that the rate of wages is lower and chances of employment still less than in the place they wish to leave.... Our, on the contrary, is an increasing population, a rising settlement; as in all new settlements the demand for labour sometimes
fluctuates, on the whole, it has a steady tendency to increase. ..

The New Zealand Colonist
Friday, March 3, 1843

To the Editor
Sir,- Observing, in the Gazette of yesterday, a paragraph, stating, "that the
Indus was in doubt in making the entrance of the harbour," I beg leave to state, that such was not the case, nor was there any gun fired. I do not conceive that any one could mistake the entrance making the harbour in clear weather; In reference to the pilot, he boarded the ship at least eight miles from the Heads, unexpectedly on my part, being previously informed by severals, that pilots never came outside of Barret's reef; and from his conduct on board, so far as I can judge, he is a person quite qualified for his present situation.

Arrived
March 6 - Barque New York Packet, Gregory, from Sydney. Passengers, Dr. Hansard, Mr Fitzherbert, Mr Grevillee, and ladies.
New York Packet spoke a Hobart Town whaler out five weeks, with 120 barrels.
Generally speaking, the colonial whalers have been extremely fortunate this
season.

Coroner's Inquest
Yesterday, the 6th instant, an inquest was held at Fuller's Hotel, before John Fitzgerald, Esq., M.D. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Mary Cottel. From the evidence, that during a heavy gust of wind about 11 o'clock on the same day, the deceased was struck to the earth by a punt opposite Fuller's Hotel. She was instantly carried to Fuller's Hotel...Verdict of Accidental Death.

The following is the confession of Dr. Nugent respecting the destruction of the mail bag on board
the New York Packet, on her voyage from London to this Port:- During our passage, there was a white linen bag in which there was a variety of things, amongst other things, there were a bundle of papers called cockets, belonging to the Captain of
the New York Packet. There was also newspapers and letters, directed to various parties; I cannot
recollect to whom the various letters were directed, except Mr Scott, of Auckland and to Mr Wilson, of Wanganui, containing the duplicate of the money order he entrusted me with. The whole of the letters and papers I put out of the port
hole; they were in a canvas bag for nearly two months - in the cuddy. On the morning we arrived here, when this bag was enquired for, I took the cockets out of the bag, tied them up tight, and threw them into the sea
that evening. I opened all the letters sometime previous; but there were no remittances, either in money or bills, except for Mr Wilson.
George D. Nugent
Signed before me this 27th day of February, 1843
George White,
Chief of Police

Attempt of the Inhabitants of New Caledonia to Capture the Brigantine Bull...
August 18thm, 1842 - Came to an anchor in the south side of the bay, on the NW part of the island of Leefoo; found
the natives very friendly at the place where the vessel lay, and continued trading with them
Sept. 2nd. A native chief, who generally slept on board, after being in bed some time, got up and told us not to
sleep, as the chief of the other side of the bay intended making an attack on the vessel that night with his war canoes; turned the hands up to get the vessel in a state of defence... Nicholas Werngen, Master

English Extracts
Captain Lairdet has arrived in London.

Surveying Service. Her Majesty's ship Fly, despatched for the purpose of surveying Torres
Straits, and to offer some protection to British merchant vessels against the various
pirate prows on that ground, arrived on her way there at Table Bay, on the
20th of June
last.

The Mail by the Posthumous, from Sydney which was at the heads on Saturday night, and that by the
Thomas Sparks, from Nelson, which landed passengers for this place and proceeded on her way to Valparaiso, was landed and brought into town by the pilot.
The Brougham in leaving this port ran foul of the Ocean schooner, and
the latter will be obliged to put back for repairs.

Wanganui
On Monday, the 27th ult., the inhabitants of Wanganui held a fete in commemoration of the first arrival of Settlers with the Elizabeth....The day was fine, and the banks of the river, which were covered with 200 whites, and about 1,500 natives.

March 4, 1843, Wanganui.
Invited to a Scotch Kirn, or Harvest Home. After viewing ten magnificent stacks of corn, we adjourned to the house to partake of the good things provided by our worthy host Mr Bell... It was a nice small tea party as more than forty guests were assembled on the occasion. The barn, hung with festoons of evergreen, and decorated in the most fanciful style. The bagpipes and fiddles did their duty, while a plentiful supply of usquebaugh tended to cheer the spirits of
the downcast;

"Hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels,
Put life and meetle in their heels."

To the Editor of the New Zealand Colonist
Wanganui, 27th February, 1843
We have Wellington, Nelson, Russel, and Auckland - all great names, no doubt, and worthy of such commemoration; But, poor Cook! whose name is allied to this country by words and deeds of enduring import, has not, in far as my topographical knowledge extends, a clod of the
soil perpetuating his memory, save a barely swarded hill in the vicinity of your town, and a fern-clad knob in the centre of ours,

I an, Sir
Your obedient servant,
Criso

Munity on the High Seas
At the Thames Police-office, London, on Monday

Samuel Ogg aged 30
James Ratree 17
James Latoo 46
James Willan 25
John Higgin 50
Charles Johnstone 39
Benjamin Present
forming part of the crew of the ship Ann Hall, of Liverpool, were charged with
mutiny on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Francis Lugenby Horrad, the commander of
the ship, was then called and sworn. He stated that he was master of the Ann
Hall, on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, in ballast....

Sydney Supreme Court
Wednesday, October 19
James Woolf, alias Mordecai, John Jones, Nicholas Lewis, Thomas Whalan, George Beaver and John Sayer, were placed at the bar, charged with piracy on the high seas, in having attempted to carry away the brig
Governor Phillip, 180 tons burden, the property of her Majesty the Queen, on the 21st June, within one mile of Norfolk Island, and
assaulting one Thomas Whitehead, (Charles Whitehead, serjeant) a person belonging to the said brig, with intent to murder him. A seventh prisoner, named Berry, was
originally included in the charge...
John Williams, steward of the Government brig... the total number of our crew, including the captain and mate, was eighteen; we had, besides eleven
soldiers of the 96th regiment on board (William Winter, a private soldier in the 96th reg.), whom we had brought with us to Sydney; The
Coquet, 70 or 80 tons, had been discharging there, had sailed away from
the island the night before the prisoners came on board the vessel with Kelly, Sea, McLane and Berry..
Captain Boyle gave orders to cease fire. Lachlan and Macdonald were sentries on the deck. "Spoty" shot dead........

Friday 17th March 1843

Arrived
March 14 - Barque Posthumus, 389 tons, Milner, from Sydney; cargo, 300 sheep and 9 horses. Passengers - Mrs Milner and family; Messrs Earle, Bidwell, Lloyd and Green; and 6 in the Steerage
Same day - Schooner Mana, 27 tons, Swaney, from Mania, with sheep and oil
Same day - Schooner Imp, 20 tons, Tullett, from Wanganui, with potatoes, and hams
Same day - Schooner Sir John Franklin, 62 tons, Campbell, from
Auckland
March 15 - Schooner Ocean, put back for repairs
Same day - Cutter Nimrod, 20 tons, Waddy, from Tologa Bay, with pork and pigs
March 16 - Cutter Levin, 24 tons, Dunning, for Nelson, put in distress, loss of tiller, and want of water. She left Auckland on the 3rd inst. General cargo. Passenger - Mr Barnet. Samuel & Joseph, agents.

We understand that the Posthumous shipped 900 sheep only
(instead of 1,100, as stated by our contemporary), of which number 600 have died during the passage of 16 days.

We are glad to perceive that the Maories of Petoni have brought over several tons of flax to Messrs. Waitt & Tyser's store this week.

Tuesday 21 March 1843

Arrived. March 19 - Schooner Richmond, 30 tons, Sinclair, from Akaroa

Sailed
March 19 - Cutter Levin, 24 tons, Dunning, for Nelson.

Same day - Schooner Catherine, Bannatyne, for the Bay of Islands and Fejee

The Elizabeth, French whaler, was off the heads at 10' o'clock on the morning of Friday last, for the purpose of landing Mr Tegg, from Akaroa. The Le Rhine, French Man-of-war of 22 guns, two French and two American whalers, were at Akaroa when the
Elizabeth left. She left Hobart Town on the 22 February, and caught one whale (110 barrels) to the southward, and not in
the Straits as reported by the Gazette. She is seven months out from Havre
and has 700 barrels.
The French are very active at Akaroa, and have already made considerable advances. A number of men (100) are sent on shore daily by the Captain of the
Le Rhine to the Government Farm, and other public farms.

The commemoration of the anniversary of a British colony took place in Auckland, the 30th January, when many of the sports peculiar to England and Englishmen were indulged in.
The sailing and rowing matches. The former was easily won by the Industry, a small boat belonging to
the fishermen. This is the second year they have carried off the prize. The gig race between
the Nautila, the property of Felton Mathew, Esq., and Psyche, Capt. Heale, was won by
the former. A race between the Pilot's whale boat and Mr William's, pulled by Natives, was won by the Maories, in rounding the
Countess of Wilton. A ball concluded the sports of the day.

Outrage at Waiaki. A person of the name McLeod, in charge of Mr Maxwell's station at Waiaki, has been dangerously injured by the Maories in some quarrel which
occurred respecting a native woman. The information was brought by Mr Large, owner of the
Charles schooner.

Pomare - a powerful chief of the Ngapuhi tribe (Bay of Islands) and suite arrived in
Auckland, in two schooners navigated by this well known chief's people.
William Weeridi, son of a powerful chief of Opuke, beyond the East Cape of Captain Cook, was in the harbour a few weeks ago, when he completed the purchase of a large schooner, well known as a coasting trader, named the
Black Joke, payment having been made in live pigs. The war canoes, which in times past have been the scene of so much bloodshed, are fast growing into disuse; and the
aborigines are adopting the usages of their civilized brethren.

Coroner's Inquest
On Tuesday, the 21st instant, an inquest was held at the Highlander, before John Fitzgerald, M.D., Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on view of
the body of "Parata Wanga," an Aboriginal native, who was reported to have been shot by a native Ratia, alias Kai Karoro, a native of Ohaua.
The following is a translation of the evidence brought forward:-
The information of E Kiri, touching the death of Parata Wanga at the house of Duncan Frazer, known by the sign of
the Highlander, in the district of Port Nicholson, on 20th day of March, 1883. Mr George Clarke being sworn Interpreter.
The deceased was living at Pah Tiakiwai. E Kiri was at Pah Tiakiwai, Kai Karoro, arrived from Ohaua. He complained to
the deceased that he the deceased had cohabited with his wife Neke. After arguing for some time, they shook hands with each other and sat down. Some time after heard
the report of a gun. Kai Karoro discharge the contents of the second barrel at the deceased. Died immediately. Kai Karoro then fled across the hills in the direction of Ohaua. Thomas
Barrow, labourer, working in a brick yard heard the gun go off. Margaret Reid aged 9 years also saw the
Maori fire off a gun.

Appointments
Mr Calder to be a Pilot for the Port of Wellington, under the Harbour Regulations' Act....
Mr William Claringbold to be a Pilot for the Port of Nelson, under the Harbour Regulations'
Ordinance, Session II, No. 15.

A dreadful accident occurred at Nelson, on the 8th last, by which a man named Keats lost his life. The party engaged on the Haven Road were digging down a portion of the hill near the
Custom House, for the purpose of getting material for the surface of this work, when a slip took place, which completely buried Keats, and fell also on two others named Sharman and Mansell. Nearly ten minutes
elapsed before Keats could be extricated, when life was found to be extinct. Sharman had the small bone of a leg broken, and Mansell escaped with a sprained ancle. The deceased has left a wife and one child.

From the Auckland Chronicle of the 1st of February, 1843. The gentlemen to whom it relates came to Port Nicholson in the
Mandarin, in December, 1841. Mr William Cooke went to Auckland in the
New York Packet, in April, 1842, and after he had erected a house on some land which he purchased, his brother James, who had remained in
Wellington in consequence of bad health, followed him in the Spring, and shortly afterwards died, his brother William
surviving him but a short time:- Died, on the morning of Saturday last, (Jan. 28th) at his residence, Epsom, in the 26th year of age Mr
William Cooke, third son of the late Nathanie Cooke, of Cookmount, County Monaghan, Ireland, Esq. It may be
remembered that in the first number of our Journal we announced the demise of a brother of the deceased, aged 24
years, in Auckland, on November 5th, 1842; both gentleman came to this colony in the Mandarin, and were highly connected.

From Wellington, Mr Shorthand sailed for Akaroa, which port, owing to the violent contrary winds, the brig was unable to make, and
consequently put into Pigeon Bay, (about 14 miles on this side of Akaroa) whence a party walked overland to
the settlement. Native grasses abound throughout the plains of very considerable extent from Akaroa
all the way to Otago.
Returning to Wellington for a few days. His Excellency next sailed to Nelson, where he arrived on the evening of Sunday, 12th
February, after a very short passage. The Nelson settlement has made extraordinary
progress, and the settlers seem to be most fortunate in having a gentlemen at their head as the Company's
Agent, of so much sterling worth as Captain Wakefield. The Government party were delayed at Nelson, in
consequence of the brig having unfortunately got ashore on the Boulder Bank, in going out of Nelson Harbour, on the night of Saturday, the 18th. The
Westminister, arrived here (Wellington) with emigrants from England.

On the 12th inst., Dr Lee amputated the forefinger of a youth, who called himself William Harrington, close to the hand, or
metacarpal bone. He stated that he was a free emigrant; but it turns out (from the Police Report) that his real name is William Smith, and that he is one of
the Parkhurst boys. He has told an incredible story regarding the accident; but it is
connected that it occurred when Mr D'Oyley's house was entered a few weeks ago; a pistol
having then exploded, and the robber leaving behind him traces of blood.

Dreadful Accident - On the 12th instant, Isaac Wade, bullock driver at Mr Kempthorne's station on the Tamaki, was firing off an old flint-lock gun, heavily
charged. The screw which secures the lock and breech to the stock, were blown off. The screw entered the man's forehead, between and a little above the eyebrows, to a depth of two inches; and the breech and iron that
supports it, broke in all the bones on the side of the nose, the upper auxiliary, or cheek bone, and drove the eye to one side. Some person who was present drew out the
screw, and with it portions of brain and bone. Dreadful hemorrhage took place from the parts for 24 hours, and
the suffer greatly reduced.

Saturday being the anniversary of the establishment of the Press in New Zealand,
dined together at Barrett's Hotel, Mr Revans in the Chair. Mr Hanson occupied the Vice-Chair. Pressmen. Mr Roe, Mr Sutherland

The Phoebe, with 35 chief cabin and 33 fore cabin passengers, and 107 immigrants, arrived at Nelson on Wednesday, the 29th of March, having left Gravesend on
the 15th of November. This is the first vessel sent out by the New Zealand Company at the reduced terms of passage; and, if we may judge from the number of passengers she has brought, the thing appears likely to answer. We may now hope to see capital and labour arrive in due relation,
particularly as we learn that the accounts received of New Zealand in England are highly favourable. But one death
occurred on board the Phoebe, although in the early part of the voyage she
encountered a month's bad weather. Some of the passengers come on to Wellington, with the intention of seeing both
the Company's settlement before they determine which they shall make their future abode.
By the London papers, we learn that the Tyne, a private ship, was to have sailed for Nelson and Wellington in the middle of December, and that the
Mary has been taken up by the Company, to sail early January, on
the same plan as that which has been adopted on board the Phoebe, with a slight advance, however, on the cabin fares, which are found to be too low.
The Westminster, with emigrants for Auckland, sailed in November.

George Hawkins - A mariner, living on Te-Aro Flat; came to this colony in
the Harrington, Captain Mercer. Willis and Co. acted as agents for the
Harrington; the Harrington left this port about the end of August. Mrs Mercer on board. There were many passengers came to this port in
the Harrington.

Tuesday 11 April 1843

Arrived
April 6 Cutter Elizabeth, 20, Morton, from Akaroa
April 7 - Schooner Mana, 27, Swaney, from Mana
Same day - Schooner Imp, 20, Tulett, from Nelson
Same day - Schooner Three Brothers, from Queen Charlotte Sound
Same day - Brigantine Scotia, Ward, from Sydney

Sailed - April 7 - Cutter Nimrod, 20, Waddy, from Tologa Bay
Same day - Schooner Kate, 62, Macfarlane, for the coast
Same day - Schooner Mana, 27, Swany, for the Southward

Died. On Sunday, April 2, John William, son of D.C. Hargrave

Loss of
the Isis
The Isis having run aground off the north-east part of Porto Rico, on the 12th of September 1842, and in consequence of her bottom being
severely damaged, proceeded direct to Jamaica, to undergo such repairs as the naval department at Port Royal afforded. At this station a board of survey was held, and it was considered advisable that she should be
accompanied by another vessel from Nassau, New Providence, to England; and she reached this latter port on
the 3rd of October, and left that evening with the Medway for Bermuda. Up to the 7th the weather fine. A storm came up. The ship was now strained so
severely by he violence of the storm and heavy head sea, that the leak increased considerably. On
the morning of the 9th the chief officer (Mr Hamilton) came to inform the passengers 'that we must prepare to take to
the boats."
Signal guns of distress brought down the Medway, Captain Smith, to our assistance. She took up her position to the leeward. Me Smith
signaled us "Save life!" "Don't delay!" Accordingly the crew and passengers were lowered into
the lifeboats and reached the Medway in safety except one poor boy which the
second and third officers of the Medway, Messrs Sawyers and Day, leaped into the raging sea, and were themselves saved with much difficulty from meeting a
similar fate. In the succeeding night the unfortunate vessel went down, the Medway having sailed over
the spot where she lain, which was covered with spars, hencoops, &c., from the wreck.

Friday 14 April 1843

Arrived
April 13 - Government Brig Victoria, 200, Richards, from Akaroa
Same day - Schooner Erin, from the Chathams
Same day - Schooner Ocean, 25, Ferguson, from Manawatu
Same day - Schooner Maori, 15, Wylde, from Kaikora
Same day - Schooner Nelson Packet, from Wairoa

Sailed
April 13 - Government Brig, Victoria, for Cloudy Bay
Same day - Cutter Elizabeth, 20, Morton, for Cloudy Bay
Same day - Schooner Imp, 20, Tulett, for Cloudy Bay

Mr Houghton, was the purchaser of the schooner Black Warrior, fifteen tons, at Mr Wade's sale, last week, for fifty-two pounds. In addition to her being used as a coaster, she is well adapted to bring the produce over from the Hutt, as her light draft of water will enable her to pass the bar at the entrance of the River.

The arrival of the Catherine Johnstone, on Saturday evening last, with wheat, oats, and barley, from Mr Bell of Wanganui. It is the first importation coastwise from one of the
Company's settlements.

Wreck of an Indiaman - The total loss of the Reliance East Indiaman, Captain Thomas Green, off Baulogne, on the dreadful gale on Saturday. The captain and all the crew, 116 men have perished, with the exception of some Lascars and boys. The
Reliance was homeward-bound, with a cargo of more than 20,000 chests tea.

New Plymouth, Taranaki, March 31
During the last ten months, since the arrival of the Company's present
Agent, there have been forty-two arrivals of the vessels of various sizes, chiefly,
however, small craft. All these have been discharged of cargo and passengers without accident or damage of any
kind. During some heavy gales, large vessels have held safe to the moorings, and the smaller ones have generally gone to sea; the
latter class may now find a safe harbour in the Waitera, the entrance to which has been
deepened and widened by a recent flood. Bad weather never comes on suddenly in the Taranaki Roadstead and sufficient time is always given to get vessels away from the coast.
The Company's wages to labouring immigrants will be lowered, after
the 15th of April, to sixteen shillings a week, without rations; but, to prevent some of the hardships attendant on this reduction, the resident
Agent has been instructed by Colonel Wakefield to allow the labourers who have arrived
on the last four immigrant ships gratis occupation of town sections (one-quarter of an acre each) for two years, with liberty to purchase them at the end of that term for 5 each section.
About fifty persons will avail themselves of this permission; the farming settlers are prepared to employ most of them at 3s 6d a day. There are 750 town sections reserved by the Company for sale in the settlement.
Preparations are in progress for large crops of barley next year. The lighter lands are very suited for both barley and oats, and the prospect of a considerable demand for
malt, to be used in
the Wellington brewery, with the certainty of a large increase in live stock, will, tend to increase the cultivation of wheat in favor of oats and barley and Indian corn.
The crop of potatoes in European gardens is so ample that the natives find no
sale for their stock; and a source of money-making will be soon entirely dried
up, it is possible they may turn their attention to flax-cleaning, which at present they rather dislike. The
European children can earn money by bringing in wood, doing odd jobs, and working with their fathers, than by cleaning flax;
...

Tuesday 25 April 1843

Arrived
April 22 - Government brig Victoria, 200 Richards, from and unsuccessful
chase of six runaway convicts.
Same day - Schooner Imp, 20 Tullett, from Cloudy Bay
Same day - Brig Luna, 165, Ellis, from the coast
Same day - Brigantine Will Watch, 63, Harding from the coast
Same day - Barque Clydeside, 256, Alfred Adams, on her way to England from Sydney
April 23 - Schooner Susannah Ann, Dogherty, from the east coast
Same day - Cutter Royal William, 43, Lovett, from the east coast
Same day - Cutter, Elizabeth, 20, Morton, from Cloudy Bay

The convicts had been brought back by some Maories. The convicts boat struck upon a reef, they were obliged to swim ashore at Capt. Rhodes' station, near
the Heads, where they were captured by some E Pouni's people, who, having bound them with flax, brought them to Wellington in a canoe.

The unexpected appearance of the Clydeside on her way to England from Sydney, after a three months absence, will give the inhabitants of Wellington an opportunity of sending letters to their
friends, which will probably reach them in the course of three months or so, the
Clydeside being a fast sailer. Her visit is purely accidental, as she had passed
through the Straits and was to the southward when she sprung her fore-yard, and
the Captain put back here to repair the damage, and sails again this day.

On Thursday, John Bright, second mate of the Phoebe, was charged by James Herling, chief officer of
the same vessel, with having stolen a quantity of wearing apparel and property belonging to
the ship. The case being fully proved, the prisoner was committed for trail.
On Wednesday last William Dale appeared at the Police Office to answer
the charge of John Gibson, a landing waiter, for having landed goods from the barque
Phoebe without same having been duly entered.

From the Nelson Examiner of the 15th
The Ship Robert Pulsford had arrived there on the 9th of this month, from Boston via Hobart Town with a cargo of
"American Notions," having spoken the brig Union, from London to Auckland, about 200 miles to the eastward of St. Paul's, and may be daily expected here.
The Lady Leigh was to have left Sydney the latter end of last month and is consequently due.
We hear that the Schooner Richmond has changed hands, and that she will shortly be put on as a constant trader between Port Nicholson and
the Chathams
The Sir John Franklin schooner, while coming into port, was run
ashore on the Boulder Bank about half ebb, through the carelessness of the pilot
Claringbold, where she remained
for about six hours and has since been obliged to unship her rudder to repair damages.
A Swedish barque, the Flora, F. Miltopuz, commander, originally
from Gofle, Sweden, with a cargo of timber for Monte Video, cast anchor in Holdfast Bay...
Cape of Good Hope - The Hambro's ship Mary Stewart, Hinrichen, which got on shore at the Mouille Point, on the 3rd instant, was condemned, was sold by public auction on
the 9th instant, the wreck producing �615. Part of the cargo also saved, but in a damaged state.

Arrival of the "Hindostan." This fine steamer put into St. Helena Bay to take a few coals and is expected to arrive in Table Bay ...
Left at Gibraltar H.M.S. Thunderer and Formidable, both 80 gun ships
At St Vincent, H.M.S. gun-brig Heroine
At Ascension, H.M.S. Madagascar and steamer Albert, fitted out for the
suppression of the slave trade
The Cleveland, Morley, from Table Bay, touched the Ascension during their stay

Algoa Bay. Inhabitants want a lighthouse at Cape Receife, Algoa Bay. The wreck of
the Sabrina, Spanish ship, on the reef running from Cape
Receife, on the night of the 6th August, in attempting to reach Algoa Bay for
the purpose of repairs and refreshments. Total destruction of a fine vessel of 500 tons burthen, the loss of her cargo,
estimated to have been worth 90,000l. sterling, and the sacrifice of twenty lives.

The number and tonnage of sailing and steam vessels registered on
the 31st December 1841, at the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing those under fifty tons register, was as under

Sailing vessels under fifty tons

8,319

tonnage 2,499,996

Sailing vessels above fifty tons

13,638

tonnage 2,540,952

Total of sailing vessels

21,957

tonnage 2,797,948

Steam vessels under fifty tons

325

tonnage 8,166

Steam vessels above fifty tons

465

tonnage 87,512

Total number of steam vessels

790

tonnage 95,678

Gross total of vessels

22,747

tonnage 2,886,626

Friday 28 April 1843

Sailed
April 26 - Schooner Three Brothers, 43, for Cloudy Bay
April 27 - Government Brig Victoria, 200 Richards, for Nelson, with Judge Martin
Same day - Barque Clydeside, 256, Adams, for London
Same day - Schooner Ocean, 25, Ferguson, for Taranaki, with whaling store and party

We have seen an extract of a letter from William Deans, Esq., late of Okiwi, a
gentlemen who left this place about three months ago, to settle at Cook's Mistake, Port Cooper, where he states that large firs were seen in the interior by some whalers at
the Lookers-on, and that the natives who live in the interior near to Port Cooper, about
the same time also observed great fires in the direction of Nelson, and said that they believed them to be caused by Pakehas. Mr Deans states that the natives have walked from Cook's Mistake to
the West Coast, and report most extensive plains to exist in that route.

Collisions at Sea
On Sunday afternoon last, the Caledonia steamer, from Hamburg, arrived at Gravesend, having in tow a vessel called
the Louisa, belonging to St Petersburg, which had been met with, disabled, no person on board,
drifting about the German Ocean. She was seriously injured about the hull an rigging. It happened on
the 30th during a violent gale of wind from the south-west, about seven miles
of the coast at Orfordness, and the other vessel proved to be the Swedish brig
Renanche, belonging to Marselles. The crew, expecting the vessel would go down, jumped into the long boat, and made for shore. The valued of
the Louisa is reported to be at least �1,600.

Total loss of the barque Jackson, Captain Caithmer, belonging to Dundee in
consequence of having come into collision with another vessel on the night of October 29, near the coast of Gothland, while on her voyage from Liverpool to Dundee.
Her crew consisted of twelve individuals, of whom five met with a watery grave,
namely the mate, two seaman, and two boys. The rest saved themselves in the ship's boat.

On Friday week, the 4th instant, a collision occurred in the Channel, occasioned by
the darkness of the night. It took place at eleven o'clock, near Sherries, between
the Reform, a schooner, from Tralce to Liverpool, and another schooner, name unknown. The former commenced filling rapidly, and there
was scarcely time for the crew to save themselves before she went down in sixteen
fathoms water. She is valued for �800.

On the same day another schooner, name the Hope, was run down at
the entrance of the North Shields harbour, by the Union, a brig, belonging to that port. The latter was driven into the harbour under stress of weather.

The schooner Sarah, from Swansea for Wateford was lost Friday morning, at Poor Head, county Cork.
The crew saved, and taken to Cork, by the Ann, from Ipswich. The
Symmetry, Williams, has sailed from Galway with a cargo of Connaught wool, for Ostend.

Loss of three Pilots. Last week three pilots, Richard McGreevey and two men of the name McKown, went down to
the Belfast Lough, on the look-out for vessels, and on Friday morning the boat in which they went out was picked up near Bangor, with her
stern out. It is supposed that either the boat had been run down by a steam-boat, or had capsized in a squall.

Sailed
May 2 - Schooner Maori, 15, Wylde, for Manawatu
Same day - Cutter Enterprise, Bather, for Wairoo and Nelson
May 8 - Brigantine Will Watch, 63, James Harding, for Sydney via Auckland and Bay of Islands

Sailed
May 5 - Barque Phoebe, 579, W.Dale, for Bombay; passengers, Dr Johnstone and family
May 7 - Cutter Elizabeth, 20, Morton, for Akaroa
The Scotia, in coming from Wellington, put into Manawatu, at which place she found a missionary schooner, late from Auckland, who reported the barque Union had arrived.
Nelson Examiner

Mr Bell, master of the schooner Hannah, has succeeded in bringing on here that notorious Maori "Ebuka," of Hawke's Bay, whose depredations on
vessels entering that place, we have so often heard of. He is to undergo an examination before the Police Magistrate to-morrow.

Captain Sinclair, of the Richmond, Pigeon Bay, has informed us that on his arrival there he heard that Mr Dean had been molested by the
Maoris, and that they pulled down his stockyards. He applied to Mr Robinson, the magistrate of Akaroa, who
very promptly, in company with a French gentlemen, visited the spot, and told
the Natives that if they did not reinstate it forthwith he would send the French man-of-war-there. Mr Robinson told Mr Dean that he should have applied to him, and not
given any consideration for settling on the land in the first instance, as it was an inducement for annoyance;

We understand that the brig Luna is under seizure, for smuggling
transaction, committed at the Bay of Islands.

Captain Taylor reports that the schooner Colombine, A. Strattan, master, was at Wanganui when he left on Monday, and was to sail for this port on Thursday.

Captain Sedgwick, of the Osprey, states that they had a splendid run from here to Hong Kong of 48 days, and that they were 64 days coming down from Manilla. The settlement of Hong Kong is in a flourishing condition, numerous houses and large stores being erected. Shipping was very numerous (about 200) and freight exceedingly low, that 12s. per ton had been accepted, and some
retuned in ballast. The Osprey is freighted with sugar, rice, tea, coffee and cigars.

Married on Wednesday 17th inst., by the Rev. Mr Cole of the English Church, William (eldest son of William Everett), formerly of London, now of Wellington, to Eliza (youngest daughter of Thomas Beckers) formerly of London now of Wellington

Tuesday 23 May 1843

Arrived
May 18 - American barque Sophia and Eliza, Coffin, from the whaling grounds; Wallace and Co; agents

The Columbine in coming out of Wanganui River got on to the bar in
consequence of its falling calm. She will undergo some repairs before she can proceed.

A jolly boat has been drifted on shore at Rangatiki.

One of the crew of the American whaler Sophia and Eliza, now in harbour, was fool-hardy enough to attempt to swim on board from the shore, when Mr Brown of
the Commercial Hotel, and several gentlemen from the shore, put off in a boat, and rescued him from a watery grave.

Birth - On Saturday last, the lady of C.M. Penny, Esqr., of Wellington, merchant, of a son

The Columbine schooner is stranded inside the entrance of the
Wanganui. This little vessel came from the north, chartered by the Rev. Mr Taylor. Captain Stetton, unacquainted with the coast, went to Kapiti, and there taking on a pilot, entered our river in safety. On Friday he cleared for Port Nicholson, and was towed out by some
Maoris, when the vessel touched the South Spit; the natives, scared by the mishap, cast off the tow line, pulled ashore, and made off,
leaving the captain helpless. With an ebbing tide and a dead calm she soon became fixed.
Succeeding tides banked up the sand, and she now lies bedded to her copper...
K. Wanganui, May 15, 1843

German Emigration. German colonists, purchasers of land in the Nelson settlement, are preparing to take their departure shortly for the colony, and have chartered
the St. Pauli, a fine vessel of about 380 tons, to sail from Hamburg on the 20th December next. They will muster about sixteen or seventeen in the cabin and about 100 labouring emigrants in
the steerage...

The Columbine schooner, which tailed on the South Spit in the Wanganui River, was got off with damage. Her keel was wrenched
away, and she was brought up the river with difficulty, and unceasing baling out. Opposite the town she heeled over and sunk. Efforts are making to float and right her for the purpose of repairs.

The Life of the Duke of Wellington...

H.M.S. Huzzar may be expected daily at Auckland direct from England

Tuesday 13 June 1843

Births
At Wellington, on the 6th instant, the lady of R. Baker, Esq., of a son
At Wellington, on the of the 6th instant, the lady of R. Park, Esq., of a daughter
At Wellington, on the 9th instant, the lady of B. Levy, of a son.

Mr Cotterell, one of the surveyors belonging to the Nelson staff, was in the Wairoa district following his duties, when he was attacked by
the Maories, and his hut burnt down. He immediately sent off a dispatch to Captain Wakefield. Captain
Wakefield, Mr Tuckett, Mt Thompson, J.P., with about twenty other persons, started in the Government Brig (Victoria) for Wairoa. On arriving there, they found the Natives encamped. Mr Thompson, Captain Wakefield, and one or two other parties, proceeded up to the encampmant, and stated that they had a warrant for the apprehension of Rauparaha, the chief, for
assaulting a European, and burning down his hut. They explained to him the nature of
the warrant, and told him, that as he was a subject of her Britannic Majesty he must not presume to
take the law into his own hands; he must submit them to the constituted authorities, who would redress his grievances. In the presence instance, he had disobeyed those laws in seeking to redress by
violence his supposed injuries, and therefore they were come to apprehend him. He refused to allow himself to be taken, and was told, that if he resisted, orders would be given to take him by force. A canoe was then ordered to be placed across a stream or gully for the main body of the Europeans to cross over
to the Maori encampment, which had no sooner taken place, when a gun was fired by a
European (whether accidentally or purposely was cannot learn) on which an engagement ensued. After several persons were wounded on both sides, and we
believe four Englishmen killed, the latter retreated, finding themselves unable to accomplish the object of their mission.
The Brig was immediately dispatched to this port for assistance, bringing some of
the wounded parties with them to receive surgical assistance.

Friday 23 June 1843

All that is known appears to be that Rauparaha, Rangihaiata and Mana, and those of the white men who were not killed in the fray have been able to return home. It is rumoured that the first shot which seems to have been fired
accidentally killed a Native woman, a niece of Rangihaiata, and that a chief of some importance was slain. Six or seven whites and an equal number of
Natives were killed.

Tuesday 27 June1843
Rev. Mr Hatfield, who arrived yesterday from Otaki, where he left Rauparaha and Rangihaiata. From him he learn that the stories which have been circulated with regard to the parties who were actually concerned in the slaughter of Mt Thompson and Captain Wakefield are quite incorrect. The two chiefs we have named in the affray, and that Rangihaiata was not on the spot when those gentlemen were put to death.

Tuesday 27 June 1843

First stating the loss to be three or four on each side, then seven, which afterwards increased to twenty, and last of all forty persons. Five and thirty fellow creatures have thus been killed. The dead
bodies were afterwards taken by the Natives to Guard's whaling stations at Cloudy Bay, and there left for interment.

Mr Thompson, the Police Magistrate, and Captain Wakefield, the Company's Agent have fallen.

Friday 30 June1843
Mr Ironside, the Wesleyan Missionary, had proceeded with two boats' companies of Whalers to inter the bodies, which they did on the ground where they fell.

On the 15th of April, Messrs. Cotterell, Parkinson, and Barnicoat, surveyors, having contracted with the New Zealand Company's Agent, to survey the lands at Wairau, left Nelson with about 40 men, and landed at Wairau on Tuesday, April 25. ...

Friday 21 July 1843
We have been informed that a man named Hanham, who was supposed to have been killed in the late melancholy affair at Wairau, has reached Nelson, but two are still missing, Burton and Stokes.

Another of those scenes occurred to-day on board the Vanguard, of persons being fetched from on board,
who were leaving the colony not only without paying their debts, but with property obtained
from other people. We hope the legislature will adopt measures to put a stop to the continuance of such dishonest practices towards the inhabitants.

India. The Hindostan had arrived at the Cape, from India, on the 29th November.

Arrived
July 4 - Brig James from Port Phillip, on her way to London
July 5 - Schooner Industry, 24 tons, Bradley, from Kaikora; oil and bone

Death by Drowning
On Wednesday evening last, the wife of a labouring man of the name Fry, in the employ of W. Swainson, Esq., was about to step into a canoe on the River Hutt, when her foot slipped off the gunwale, and she precipitated into the stream. She had a child in her arms at the time. On the alarm being given by a son of Mr Swainson, several Maories plunged into the river to rescue them, but unfortunately, when they succeeded in bringing the bodies ashore life was extinct. The female was far advanced in
pregnancy.

Captain Wakefield
The late Arthur Wakefield, R.N., whose lamented fate we recorded last week, was in the 44th year of his age, at the time of his death. He was the third son of Edward Wakefield, Esq., of Burnham, Essex, the author of the well known statistical and political account of Ireland.
Captain Wakefield entered the Navy at ten years of age, and first sailed in the
Nisus frigate, with Captain Philip Beaver, whose expedition to Bulama and other services are matters of history. He was
subsequently present at the raking of Batavia and the Isle of France, and in the lad engagements of Bladensburg and Washington, where he served as Aide de Camp to Admiral Sir George Cockburn. He was, afterwards, for some time in command of a brig on the coast of
Africa, where he captured several slave ships after obstinate engagements and boarding from boats away from the ship. It is thrice
occurred to him to jump overboard and save the lives of shipmates at sea.
Few officers were better known or more highly considered in the Navy than the subject of our remarks. Before his promotion to the rank of commander, he was much sought after as a First Lieutenant, and was seldom at home many days between leaving a ship paid off, and being appointed to another newly
put in commission. He had served in all parts of the world, and left the command of the
Rhadamanthus steam frigate before undertaking the foundation of
the Nelson settlement in the New Zealand Company. His conciliatory manners and moral worth had made him respected and beloved by all classes at Nelson, and it will be difficult to find a successor to him possessed of his
energy and ability in the administration of the Company's affairs. - New Zealand Gazette

Waves of the Ocean - The largest waves proceed at the rate of from thirty to forty miles an hour; yet it is a belief that water itself advances with the speed of the wave. The form of the wave only advances, while the substance, except a little spray above, remains rising and falling in the same place. - Arnott's Physic

Death. At Lombard Street, Te Aro, on Monday, the 10th inst., after an illness of two years, Mary Anne, the wife of John Wade, Esq., Wellington, merchant.

The following vessels were advertised for New Zealand, viz., the Mary, the
Jane, and the Mandarin.

The Juno's Voyage. (From the Sydney Herald) The Juno left Juno Bay, in the island of Ware, latitude 20 deg. 28 min, longitude 166 deg. 42 min. east,
fourteen miles to the southward of Fizowee. It is called Juno Bay by the natives in
consequence of the Juno having been there on her former voyage, she being the first vessel that put in there. During her stay in the bay, Captain Banks gleaned the following intelligence from Charles _____, an English lad who has ran away from the
Mumford schooner at the island of Leefo, during his last voyage. He had acquired a perfect knowledge of
the native language and habits, and had been constantly with them in their travels from island to island.
He stated that a party of natives from the N.W. harbour of the Isle of Pines, had, a few weeks before the arrival of
the Juno, arrived at Leefo, from whom he learned the following particulars relative to the brig
Star, Captain Erbill, built at Tahiti, which vessel was entirely destroyed by
the natives of the Isle of Pines (must have occurred about a month after the brig Star left Sydney). It appears that she was lying at anchor, the captain and crew being on shore employed cutting wood, and at a signal from Matuku, principal chief, the natives rushed upon them and slaughtered them with their own axes, and afterwards devoured them....
Charles also stated that he learned from the natives that the captain and part of the crew of
the brig Martha, of Sydney, who were missed some time ago at Marree, were seized and murdered by the savages in the following dreadful manner...
The masters of the ships Regia and Alfred both stated that they had seen in the place described by Charles the stern-post of a
vessel, supposed to have been the unfortunate Star.
The natives also informed him that the captain and crew of the
Micmic, of Sydney, were all killed and eaten by the natives of
the Caledonian reef.
The Orwell arrived at Fizowee on the 30th of March, she had about twelve tons of sandal wood on board; the
Regia and Alfred were both lying there; they had a few tons
of sandal wood. The latter reported two vessels having been at the Isle of Pines, the
William the Fourth and the Marian, both of Hobart Town; neither had succeeded in obtaining any sandal wood; they had left word that they should proceed to the Loyalty Islands.
The first day chief officer of the Juno, Mr Crossly, went ashore at Fizowee, the natives had a human body roasted...

Disastrous Voyage of the Brigantine Ariel from Auckland.
The Ariel,
Cruichshank, which arrived here on Friday morning, sailed out from Auckland on the 2nd June, calling off
the East Cape for a few days, for the purpose of trafficking with the numerous and
wealthily natives of that district. There is an anchorage at Waiapou, but no shelter against the prevailing winds; and the shore is most unpleasant for landing.
The Ariel's boat was sent ashore on the 14th of June, to arrange for the embarkation of two passengers and a boy, and a quantity of native produce... The boat swamped. George
Cross, a seaman.... There is a whaling station just formed at Open Bay. A violent
storm....

The Tortoise was at anchor off the Waiheke Island, and was to sail for England direct the
week after the Ariel's departure. The widow and family of the late Governor Hobson were returning to England in the
Tortoise.

Friday 14 July 1843

Arrived
July 11 - Schooner Imp, 20 tons, Tullet, from Nelson
July 13 - Schooner Ann, 61 tons, Higgins, from Nelson
Same Day - Brig Brigand, from China, put in for wood and water

We have just heard a report of the death of Rangihaiata at Otaki on Monday last - in consequence of the wound in his foot. Rangihaiata might be considered as the type of the New Zealander before the race were brought under civilizing
influences which have for some years past been at work among them - violent, reckless and uncalculating.

Tuesday 25 July 1843

Arrived
July 22 - Schooner Sheperdess, Brown, from the South coast, with oil and bone.
July 24 - Government Brig Victoria, 200 tons, Richards, from Auckland. Passengers - Major Richmond, Col. Godfrey, and a detachment of the 96th reg.

The Government Brig arrived here yesterday morning from Auckland, bringing Major Richmond, the chief Police
Magistrate, Col. Godfrey, Commissioner of Land Claims, who is about to proceed to Akaroa, Mr Edward Shortland, Captain Bennett of
the Engineers, and 53 soldiers of the 96th. We understand that Major Richmond
will proceed in the course of a day or two in the Brig to Cloudy Bay, and then to Nelson, and return to this place as speedily as possible.

Attack of the Natives at the Isle of Pines on the Schooner "Catherine"
The Catherine, Captain Bannatyne, returned yesterday from the Isle of Pines in a most dilapidated state, her decks having been blown up during an affray with the natives there. The cabin is entirely demolished, and the after parts of the deck are raised nearly level with the rail. The explosion which took place on board was owing to one powder casks igniting during
the firing of the muskets, the mate having intended to set fire to it as a last resource. Mr McLeod, a passenger on board the vessel kept a journal, April 12...On nearing the vessel, we
perceived that the blacks had possession of her, two of the crew being in the foretopsail yard, we hailed them, and where told all hands were
murdered but themselves. Poor Mr Finnie.. April 17 A sail in sight, proved to be the
Norwhal, of London, Captain Baker; the surgeon, Dr. Monore, came on board and dressed the wounds of the sick. She has been very fortunate since leaving the Bay of Islands, having got no less than 400 barrels, she has in all 1,100 barrels. From this vessel the Catherine obtained a compass....

The schooner Black Warrior, 10 tons, Houghton, has been laid on as a constant trader to the River Hutt, which
seems to indicate the increasing trade in that unrivalled agricultural district.

Information by the Richmond, from the Chatham Islands, that three
whales had been caught at the fishery there, and that a sperm whale had been thrown upon the beach.

A party proceeding with a herd of cattle, belonging to Captain Daniel, to Mr White of Ohou, who is about to establish a station at that place, had been obliged to return on account Rauparaha refusing to allow them to proceed.

Brief particulars regarding our late much respected and lamented Mayor, George Hunter, Esq., J.P.:-
Mr Hunter was a native of the parish of McDuff, in the county of Banff, in Scotland, and married the daughter of the late David Souter, Esq., Chief Factor to the Right Honorable James Earl of Fife. After being connected for many years with one of the principal mercantile
establishments in Aberdeen, he removed to London, when afterwards carried on business as a merchant. When the New Zealand
Company had finally determined in colonizing these Islands, Mr Hunter, who had always taken a deep interest in the subject, resolved to proceed thither with his numerous family, consisting of ten children, and having sailed in
the New Zealand Company's chartered ship, the Duke of Roxburgh, arrived here in February,
28 1840, and by his activity, and practical good sense and kindness, manifested how well he was fitted for an infant colony. As he was one of our
earliest settlers, so he was one of our most energetic. He ever evinced the greatest interest in the prosperity of the colony, and ewe fell assured that from one end of this settlement to the other, there will be found
few, or rather none, who had had the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr Hunter...He was appointed a magistrate, and when municipal
privileges were granted to the settlers, he was unsolicedly and cordially elected
first mayor in New Zealand. Mr Hunter was a Director of the Union Bank of Australia... Besides the members of his family, the funeral was attended by the
Rev. Messrs Cole,
Macfarlane, O'Reilly, Duncan, and Smales, the whole of the Government and New Zealand Company's officers, the members of the Corporation, and a great majority of all classes of
the community. Epuni, accompanied by the rev. Mr Macfarlane, followed by Moturoa, Etako, and about 120 Natives, walked in procession to
the Burial ground, the former now and then saying that "his heart was dark for
the death of "Hanita." The ships in the harbor had their flags half-mast high, and
the Nelson fired minutes guns as the procession passed along the
Beach, and the shops and public offices were closed during the ceremony.

(From the Auckland Chronicle)
Wrecks - Captain Tyrril saw upon the beach near Cape Runaway, the windlass of the ill-fated schooner
Speculator. Captain Tyrril has also seen the bows and forepart of a vessel supposed to be the
Sarah Maxwell, belonging to Mr Thomas Maxwell, and almost newly launched. Captain Tyrril has brought up the bowsprit and the rudder of a boat, belonging to the latter vessel. With regard to
the former vessel, a man belonging to a whaling party near the spot, who had sailed in her,
positively identified it. Mr McCrae, the builder of the latter vessel will set all doubts respecting her at rest upon seeing the spar and rudder.

Some cordage and whale-lines have been shipped to Sydney and the Bay of Islands, from the Rope-work of Mr Robertson, which is now in full operation, and preparing from New Zealand dressed flax manufactured
materials of every description to the best English rope. Mr Lewington, at Wangari, has supplied Mr Robertson with some flax.

Suicide by a Native Women - About three weeks since, the wife (or rather one of the wives) of a native chief at Kaweranga, on
the Thames, was hung up by here heels and exposed to the view of the whole tribe, and most inhumanly beaten. This effect had such an effect upon the poor women, that she got hold of a
musket.... In the case of the murder of Mrs Robertson and family some eighteen months since, is too vivid in out recollection to cause surprise at anything
that may emanate from men so recklessly chosen... - Ib

Among the Exports in our last week's Shipping List were a hundred tons of Copper ore (from the mines at the Barrier Island), two tons Sulphur, and fifteen tons of Manganese, by the
Tryphena; and 70,000 feet of sawn timber by the Osprey. The
Shamrock has sailed with 25 tons of Manganese ore (found on a small island belonging to
Mr Taylor, almost in the harbour of Auckland)

Tuesday August 1843

On Wednesday the 2nd August, 1843, the wife of Mr Frederick Bills, late of London, now of Wellington, of a Daughter.

Tuesday August 1843 page 5Chatham Islands. (summarized)
An account by Mr Sutton of his trip from Port Nicholson to the Chatham Islands. Few vessels, with the exception of chance American whalers putting in for provisions, resorting thither for the staple articles of New Zealand trade viz., pork and potatoes. After a rather boisterous passage of a week by the sailing of
the schooner Hannah from Port Nicholson, we arrived at Wangaroa, the
principal or rather the only harbour in the largest island (Ware Kauri), situated on the northern side of Petre Bay. It affords safe and commodious anchorage for vessels of 300 or 400 tons, being barley half-a-mile in depth and about the same in width. The bottom is
composed of sand and mud. American whalers generally anchorage off Waitangi, in Petre Bay, but are obliged to use their strongest ground-tackle, the sea rising with very great rapidity, and running a tremendous surf, braking at two miles distance from
the long sandy beach which extends for more than twenty miles along the bay. Indeed no small vessel can anchor, with any degree of safety, in the bay during a westerly wind. A schooner of about 80 tons was some time since ton from her anchorage, and now lies high and dry on the beach. Wangaroa harbour presents no inducements to masters of vessels, except its safe anchorage. Situated on the most barren part of the island, is a considerable distance from any European settlement, wood and water are equally difficulty to obtained. From Wangaroa to Manganui, which is the Maori settlement on the north coast, is a distance of about six miles.
At Manganui, an American has erected a comfortable house, cleared several acres, fenced it in, and was making a capital garden.
I proceeded on my journey to Wai Keri, the most eastern point of
the island, occupied by the station of Mr William McChutchie. The native name for the place is Okawao. This is the
principal residence of the Maories, whose numbers to about two hundred and fifty
(besides slaves) Numerous
Maori settlements occur. Numerous small lagoons. Formed by the turf being fired by the natives, which becomes filed with rainwater. The largest is the "Big
lagoon," according to a
computation made by Dr Dieffenbach, upwards of thirty thousand acres, about one-fourth of the area of the island.
About six miles from Wai Keri, to the northward, is a
small harbour called Kaingarou, which would provide excellent anchorage for coasting
vessel no more than 100 tons burthen.